| abstract |
A high-speed, single-mode, high power, reliable and manufacturable wavelength tunable light source operative to emit wavelength tunable radiation over a wavelength range contained in a wavelength span between about 950nm and about 1150nm, including a vertical cavity laser (VCL), the VCL having a gain region with at least one compressively strained quantum well containing Indium, Gallium, and Arsenic. |